The Lost Command: Lost Starship Series, Volume 2

I was part of the crew, great narrative flow of the plot line. Looking forward to book 3 of this tale of heroics.

This book, not surprisingly, continues the story, roughly, from where the pervious book ended. The book is pretty much the same simple but entertaining adventure story as the first book. I have to say right away that the book starts of in a fairly illogical manner. Not that the individual actions on the various pages are very illogical but the entire set up is, at least as far as I am concerned.Why do I say this? Well, we are talking about the legendary star ship, the container of technology that could prevent the extinction of the human race, at least the part of it that still has a somewhat human thought pattern, and they just let the people that managed to acquire it wonder off more or less individually. I am not really a advocate of heavy handed government actions but several of these people where still on the government payroll and yet they where just allowed to wonder off.Anyway, ignore those issues and you end up with a quite decent little adventure. Maddox is back and so is Meta. There are a bunch of other people that are back as well of course but those are my two favourites. Unfortunately Meta has a few bumps along the road but I hope that she is back in the fold so to say. I just hate that infiltration/conspiracy stuff but then, that is just me.Maddox is a enjoyable as ever and as “macho” as ever. There is plenty of action, both on the ground as well as in space. I quite like the action. It is perhaps not as complex as some of the books that I have read but it is still quite good. Definitely above average.One the whole this is an enjoyable, light, read, I read it quite quickly. Still I quite enjoyed it. It is not “just another” cheap novel. This one is definitely above average and, equally definitely, worth reading.

First and foremost, I purchased this book, the first book, and all subsequent books. None were given to me for a good review.In this sequel to The Lost Starship, the team that was tasked with finding the alien starship Victory is reunited to reboard the starship in order to retrieve the scientist who just might know how to unlock the starship's secrets and to also rescue the Fifth Fleet.This book has excellent pacing...there were a couple of nights I stayed up late just because I wanted to see what happened next! I like that the crew represent real people with real problems. They are perfectly imperfect...even the captain...who doesn't really want to be their captain. I liked that there were so many twists and turns in the story and that some things are not fully explained because as you find out, they are part of the bigger picture. I also liked that the time delays in space were not glossed over. It took days to maneuver the ships and months for the Fifth Fleet to cross the void. And the space battles, though still exciting, I thought were strategically well thought out and realistically inclined...not the glitz and glamorous type you might see in a Star Trek movie.Not much to complain about really, I totally enjoyed this book! I guess if I had to find one thing, it would be that I don't feel like Riker got enough pages. He's a fascinating character who played a pivotal role in the first book...but seemed to have taken a backseat in this one.

I have read your first 2 books in the Lost Starship Series. I have enjoyed the action that is all over the pages. Quite interesting that the concept of The New Men mirrors the classic historical evidence of Super Men of Germany of WW2 and how they eradicated the lower humans, according to them. In history eradication of the weak and the undesirable is common to make strong people feel that they are superior.I just bought the third book. Looking forward to seeing how Maddox slays the bad guys. Thanks!!!!?

The characters are well-developed, and the plot takes you for a roller-coaster ride. I'm not usually attracted to series, but each book is also a nice stand-alone read. With each book (I am on #4) you get to know a little more about this universe and each character. Very hard to put the book down. Also, for any who are wondering, up to book 4 there is very little profanity, if any, and rare occasions of disturbing violence. Each book has good resolution so you don't have to jump right into the next book.

Such a fast paced exciting novel. With a variety of solid enduring characters established to be launched through succeeding no doubt equally as exciting episodes , a great read.

Nice to read, a sort of space A - Team, is a real pleasure to open and read the feats and daring of captain Maddox and his team

Great enjoyable read. I am glad to have found this series. Lookong forward to enjoying the families story further!

Segue o bom ritmo do primeiro livro, assim como também deixa algumas questões sem respostas. Rumo ao terceiro livro e vamos ver se essas pontas encaixam...

This is the second book of the Lost Command Starship series that is a superlative sequel to the first book. The author surely will continue the series. The characters are very well developed. Each with its own distinctive personas. The enemy is well defined. An enemy that is and isn't human. Questions are raised, partial answers are given, suspense is every where. Plots and subplots are interwoven within each other. Never are they to convoluted. I can highly recommend this book and series to all that like to have pages turned incessantly. Space opera at its best. I am anxious to read the next book in this series. Just great!